Tuesday, January 31, 2017

I truly need to lose a solid 5 lbs., which I rarely say, but it's true.

My luck had to run out sometime.

52 is lovely, but that dreaded word "peri-menopause" is showing up.
I can't go on eating late night pizzas and cake everyday......it's a wonder I have gotten away with it for this long!

Sorry to depress you....TMI.

I am trying to eat salads like this for lunch, instead of that beautiful sandwich that I crave daily.....and if I can ferme la bouche after 8 pm, that would really help me.

I received a spiralizer for Christmas from my friend Rosemary......so decided to put it to use.

I spiralized some red beets (makes a big mess....the red stain gets everywhere, as to be expected w/ raw beets).

Now what?
I have this big bowl of pretty curly red beet noodles....let's call them BOODLES.

I sauteed the boodles in a little olive oil in a nonstick skillet for 5 minutes only, so they stayed nice and crispy.

Made a simple dressing and used what I had in the fridge, including this overripe avocado.

THIS WAS DELICIOUS.

The beets kind of pickled in the vinaigrette, and stayed nice and crunchy. A Granny Smith apple was the perfect pairing.

Here's how:

2 cups of spiralized beet noodles (use red or yellow beets, not chioggia)
1 Granny Smith apple, sliced into matchsticks (it will stain once added with the beets)
handful of chopped scallions
handful of toasted pistachios
some feta for the top

5 comments:

Katie C.
said...

I was in denial about the menopausal metabolism until I *almost couldn't fit in my pants. I ended up joining weight watchers. Sigh.

I wish I liked beets but they are one of the few veggies that I just don't care for. I'll stick with zoodles or boodles (butternut-haven't tried them yet). BTW, as good as avocado is for you, it's rather high in calories. I *try to limit myself to 1/4 at a time but I cave in a lot ;-)

I tried using my Spiralizer w/ raw beets once, and it made too much of a mess. Lesson learned. Next time, I just grated them (in the sink) w/ my regular metal grater.Less clean up!!! Placed them in a container w/ some balsamic vinegar and let the vinegar work its magic. (No need to cook them) Makes a great addition to any salad. Especially pairs well with a good blue cheese.

Anon,Yes, I wrote a note at the end of the post.....I made a salad just using the raw spiralized beets, marinated in the dressing 30 min in the fridge. Same results......I loved them either way. So good right?

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